Shadows and Colors

By SKEETER

As I stroll around my Georgia Gardens, OJ kitty from next door came by to visit. He insisted I stop strolling about and sit on the swing with him. I am always up for a swing on a beautiful day.
I had my camera with me so we decided to snap pictures of what we could see while relaxing on the swing. To our front we could see the woods are showing color although not as pretty as in years past. I am sure the Summer Drought is totally to blame. But still rather pretty don't you think?
To our left a bit, we see Angel Trumpets still putting on a show. The Cypress tree is starting to bronze up a bit. We can also see Elephant ears, Butterfly bush and Perwinkle. Off into the distant, we see Dogwoods in bright reds.
The Perwinkle plants in this garden were all volunteers this year. I just love plants that will reseed for me.
Looking over our left shoulder, we see Canna and more Butterfly bushes.

Eyes forward and a bit to the right and upward, we see a beautiful blue sky. Also the Angel Garden breaking up the grassy yard.

Zooming in a bit, we can see the Angel Trumpet that Tina passed along to me is finally blooming! Below the angel are a statue, Lily, Perwinkle, Salvia and Sage.

Zooming in a bit more, we can see the 3 blooms on the Angel. This makes a total of 5 blooms on a plant which gave me hundreds of blooms last year. Hum, baffled by that one as I gave this beauty plenty of water so we cannot blame the drought on few blooms.

To our right is blocked by the greenery of the Cypress Vine on the swing frame. Looking into the distance, we can see the Beach Planter to the left and the Elephant Ears I planted back in late June to the right. This is the crinkled type ear and I don't know the name as it was a gift. I can only hope she returns next year. I have plans for her to distract from that ugly Electric Meter. I also see a Garden Hose which shall need to go to the shed for winter at some point. Hum, I see a plant that has yet found its way into the ground also. Gee, I should have been digging a hole today instead of sitting on the swing. Na, I enjoyed my swing time...
Looking over our right shoulder, I see Iris and Coleus.
Looking behind us, we see Canna, Elephant Ears, Zinnia and Gazania.
The sun was beaming through the Canna and I liked the way it made this leaf glow.
The leaf of this Elephant Ear was glowing as well.

Looking down, I can see the Rye Grass is doing well in our lawn.
In this picture, you can see where our once beautiful Crepe Myrtle once stood. Sigh, after too much pruning by the previous homeowners she succumb to the damage over time. All that remains is a round circle of pine straw. Sprigs are already popping up from the area and next year, this will more then likely become a larger garden.

As I say goodbye to my friend OJ, I walk away but cannot help but stop, turn around and take one more glance of the beautiful crisp day. Filled with SHADOWS AND COLORS, In the Garden...
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